Local charity Smile Dog House has been caring for the dog, who will be adopted by the oil rig worker who found him at sea (AFP Photo/Handout) |
An exhausted dog found paddling 220 kilometres (135 miles) off the Thai coast is set for a new lease on life after an oil rig worker who rescued him promised to adopt the plucky pooch.
The
tan-coloured dog, named Boonrod by his rescuers -- Thai for "survivor from
karma" -- was fished from the ocean on Friday by rig workers who spotted
his head bobbing between the waves in the Gulf of Thailand.
There was
no indication of how he got there, or how long he had been lost at sea.
But local
media speculated he may have fallen off a fishing vessel and paddled towards
the rig.
Boonrod the
dog was welcomed on the shore with a lei of
yellow flowers and lots of neck
scratches from port workers
(AFP Photo/Handout)
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Boonrod is
recovering in Songkhla province under the care of a vet, an animal charity
group told AFP Tuesday.
"Since
he came onto the platform, he didn't cry or bark at all," Chevron worker
Vitisak Payalaw said in a Facebook post chronicling the dog's rescue.
"He
likely lost a lot of body water from the sea water."
Vitisak told
AFP in a message Tuesday he plans to adopt the now-famous canine once he
returns to shore at the end of the month.
Boonrod
stayed on the rig for two nights before another vessel picked the pooch up on
its way back to shore, arriving at a port in Songkhla province on Monday
morning.
Local
charity Smile Dog House has been caring for
the dog, who will be adopted by the
oil rig worker who
found him at sea (AFP Photo/Handout)
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In a video
posted by animal rights group Watchdog Thailand, Boonrod was welcomed on the
shore with a lei of yellow flowers and lots of neck scratches from port
workers.
"Thank
you for seeing the value of a little life that floats so far," said
Facebooker Wanna Wongvorakul.
Boonrod was
placed in the care of local charity group Smile Dog House.
"So
far his health is ok... it's only skin problems that he's suffering from now,"
a Smile Dog House staff told AFP.
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